Speedos or board shorts

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• NU

  nudeyooper

  Jul 9, 2024

  Neither. I found swimsuits that are not as brief as a speedo and have a leg on them that is only about two inches. If I thought I could get away with it, I would try something with the bare butt look similar to what so many women are wearing these days.

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• JE

  

  John English

  Jul 9, 2024

  Not sure why but woman's bathing suites have gotten smaller and men's have gotten bigger . When I buy a suite I find the smallest I can find and first thing cut the liner out

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  Tom D

  Jul 9, 2024

  [quote]Neither. I found swimsuits that are not as brief as a speedo and have a leg on them that is only about two inches. If I thought I could get away with it, I would try something with the bare butt look similar to what so many women are wearing these days.[/quote] It seems like men's swimsuits have gotten gradually smaller lately. Briefs are still rare, but mid thigh suits seem to be getting more popular relative to knee length ones. Legally men can wear suits with little or no butt coverage anywhere women can. Social acceptance is another matter.

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  Tom D

  Jul 9, 2024

  [quote]Hey everyone I was curious about when you are obligated to wear swim wear what is your go to? Swim briefs or board shorts? I love both. Briefs for the limited fabric and the closest thing to being naked, how ever I find they can be restricting. On the other hand I do enjoy wearing board shorts with nothing underneath and I find it to be very unrestricting however the extra fabric robs me of the felling of the wind and sun on my skin? I look forward to hearing you responses[/quote] I have 2 swimsuits, one mid thigh, one swim brief. Both are tan through. Not that I care that much about tan lines, but tan through suits are made with very lightweight fabric so they feel much less confining and dry faster. Since I stopped wearing underwear and got a privacy fence around my pool so I can often swim nude, I can't tolerate heavier swimsuits. Briefs are too confining and shorts feel so heavy.

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• ME

  Member

  Jul 9, 2024

  My one pair of swimming trunks are just above mid-thigh. These work reasonably well when something is needed because of a guest textile visiting. Because of family concerns, I would not wear any of the other 'less covering' options that are available. Everyone enjoys their time visiting and when they leave, it's back to au naturale. I'll keep on with the current routine.

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• PA

  

  Please ask

  Jul 9, 2024

  [quote]... Briefs are too confining and shorts feel so heavy.[/quote] This is my perspective. I have opted for running shorts as short as I can find with the lining removed. These provide enough room for movement but without the long legs of board shorts or even "normal" swim suits. I take the same approach for hiking when cover is needed.

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• AL

  

  Al

  Jul 9, 2024

  I have brief style suits for lane swimming. I dont find them restrictive at all and they dry quickly. Actually, I wear them at beaches too, but I have a 3 boxer style for occasions where I might be self conscious about a form-fitting suit. Been years since I wore it, but will bring it on an upcoming foreign trip because I am unfamiliar with the mores. At the few beaches where I can wear a thong, I do.

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• MA

  

  Mark

  Jul 9, 2024

  Since the summer of 1977, if I can't swim nude I have only worn swim briefs exclusively. Most of mine are 2" sides or less. The swim briefs are mostly worn at the gym, the community pool and hot tub, and gatherings with friends or family. Many of my suits have the inner liner cut out.
  To sum it up, since the summer of 1977, I have never swam, or walked a beach wearing anything more than a swim brief

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• TD

  

  Tom D

  Jul 9, 2024

  [quote]Since the summer of 1977, if I can't swim nude I have only worn swim briefs exclusively. Most of mine are 2" sides or less. The swim briefs are mostly worn at the gym, the community pool and hot tub, and gatherings with friends or family. Many of my suits have the inner liner cut out. To sum it up, since the summer of 1977, I have never swam, or walked a beach wearing anything more than a swim brief[/quote] Was there some particular reason you stopped wearing any other type of swimsuit at that time? Did you wear swim briefs some of the time before that?

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• SA

  

  Stone Andy

  Jul 11, 2024

  I like my nylon suit that is as snug as a Speedo but with a couple of inches of leg. I don't like the look of Speedo briefs since the proportions don't suit my long legs and short waist. Board shorts are too baggy, more like a skirt how they flop around. I've never tried a thong because they look constricting. I'd rather just be naked.

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• TE

  

  Terry

  Jul 11, 2024

  I wear thongs, or string back thongs, which are legal on my local beaches.

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• BA

  

  bare_lee

  Jul 11, 2024

  I wear a brief suit. Usually its a tan through suit from kiniki although I have others that are more opaque. Most have thinner sides but fairly complete coverage in the back. However I have a couple that are a bit more "cheeky". I have some shorter swim trunks but I do not like the tan lines they can cause. Thongs are generally not acceptable around here at least not for men. I would wear one if I thought I would not get in trouble but I guess that should go without saying as I would be naked if I could!

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• ME

  Member

  Jul 14, 2024

  Speedo's as much as possible. I swim laps in training for ocean swims, anything more than speedo's are a hassle, heavy and dragging. It's great doing these events in warmer waters, speedo's only, but in southern Australia, most events recommend wetsuits. At a recent event in Hobart though it was nothing at all, just me and 3000 others .... haha. Great fun.

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• ME

  Member

  Jul 14, 2024

  Shorts are only for around conservative groups or when you don't have any other option, .... IMHO.

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• LE

  

  Leftwing

  Jul 14, 2024

  I bought a couple pairs of tan through swimsuits next best thing to being nude and socially acceptable amongst the textiles

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• JI

  

  Jim

  Jul 15, 2024

  Our friends had gotten a swim spa and invited us over to get into it. I wore my tan through swimming suit. Because I wanted to see what a swim spa was like. But I know I hated having to wear a swimming suit in a hot tub.
  Since then, I have not been in their hot tub again. But we got our own swim spa now, and I never wear a swimming suit in it. Not to mention the chemicals leaching from the swimming suit doesnt help this cleaning system in the swim spa. So its always better to go naked.
  I love the idea of getting a pair of tan through swimming suits to walk around on vacation. Thats a great idea.

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• CH

  

  Chris

  Jul 15, 2024

  At the pool I wear speedos to swim laps. At a textile beach I'll wear speedos under board shorts, just so I'll have minimum taglines. At the nude beach I'll wear board shorts to the beach and take them off when I get there.

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• MA

  

  Mark

  Jul 16, 2024

  I think I mentioned this in another group. July or August 1977 was the last time I swam in anyplace, lake, river, ocean, pool wearing anything more than a Speedo. I was 19 then and figured I could wear them foe another 10 years since I figured 30 was too old to wear them. Fast forward to now and I still wear them. A year and a half ago when I moved from Ft Lauderdale to Vero and a 55+ community, I was concerned that I would finally have to switch to shorts at the community pool. I went to the pool and swam and used the hot tub in my speedo to see if there was any problem with me wearing them. There was not, and one of the old ladies there nicknamed me "Mr. Hot bod" I guess they have low standards although I am in better shape than most of the men there. A couple months ago a guy came up to me and said he wanted to thank me. I asked for what and he said he has several Speedos that he uses for lap swimming at the gym, but his wife did not want him wearing them to the community pool since he would be the only one, but if other men there wore them she might reconsider. After seeing me there in my speedo he brought it up with her again and she said OK, lose 25lbs and I will be good with it. A week later, his wife thanked me since he blew the dust off their treadmill and was working out to get himself "Speedo worthy" So when they get back from up north this fall, I may not be the only one at the pool in a speedo.

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• TD

  

  Tom D

  Jul 16, 2024

  [quote]I think I mentioned this in another group. July or August 1977 was the last time I swam in anyplace, lake, river, ocean, pool wearing anything more than a Speedo. I was 19 then and figured I could wear them foe another 10 years since I figured 30 was too old to wear them. Fast forward to now and I still wear them. A year and a half ago when I moved from Ft Lauderdale to Vero and a 55+ community, I was concerned that I would finally have to switch to shorts at the community pool.[/quote] Why did you think the community pool would be different from the pool in apartment complexes you have lived in?

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• MA

  

  Mark

  Jul 16, 2024

  Why did you think the community pool would be different from the pool in apartment complexes you have lived in?[/quote] The Ft Lauderdale and Wilton Manors area are much more liberal than Vero Beach. The pool at the first apartment I lived in, for about a year and a half,about 25% of the guys wore Speedos, The next place I lived at, again for about 18 months only less than 5% of the guys wore Speedos, but that was because the pool was clothing optional and the rest of us were nude. I loved that place, but they were converting it to condos and I was in no position to buy at the time, plus they were going to eliminate the clothing optional part of the pool. The condo that I owned for the next 18 years, being in Wilton Manors, the overwhelming majority of us wore Speedos. Fun thing was at one time about 10 years ago it kind of became a contest as to who could wear the skimpiest suit. I showed up one day in a white single layer g-string that became totally see through when wet. I won. I am still the only one that wears a speedo, or anything even close to it at my community pool.

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• TD

  

  Tom D

  Jul 16, 2024

  [quote]Why did you think the community pool would be different from the pool in apartment complexes you have lived in? The Ft Lauderdale and Wilton Manors area are much more liberal than Vero Beach. The pool at the first apartment I lived in, for about a year and a half,about 25% of the guys wore Speedos, The next place I lived at, again for about 18 months only less than 5% of the guys wore Speedos, but that was because the pool was clothing optional and the rest of us were nude. I loved that place, but they were converting it to condos and I was in no position to buy at the time, plus they were going to eliminate the clothing optional part of the pool. The condo that I owned for the next 18 years, being in Wilton Manors, the overwhelming majority of us wore Speedos. Fun thing was at one time about 10 years ago it kind of became a contest as to who could wear the skimpiest suit. I showed up one day in a white single layer g-string that became totally see through when wet. I won. I am still the only one that wears a speedo, or anything even close to it at my community pool.[/quote] Do you ever wear strings now?

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• MA

  

  Mark

  Jul 16, 2024

  l.Do you ever wear strings now?[/quote] No, I never liked them or thongs. I have a few, but rarely wear them.

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• TD

  

  Tom D

  Jul 16, 2024

  [quote]l.Do you ever wear strings now? No, I never liked them or thongs. I have a few, but rarely wear them.[/quote] I bought a couple to wear in my own pool before I got the privacy fence but didn't like it. I got 2 sunseeker Rios after that and liked them and wore them until we got the privacy fence. I then got rid of them because I didn't have to wear anything in our pool and wasn't bold enough to wear them anywhere else.

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• TD

  

  Tom D

  Jul 17, 2024

  [quote]I think I mentioned this in another group. July or August 1977 was the last time I swam in anyplace, lake, river, ocean, pool wearing anything more than a Speedo. I was 19 then and figured I could wear them foe another 10 years since I figured 30 was too old to wear them. Fast forward to now and I still wear them. A year and a half ago when I moved from Ft Lauderdale to Vero and a 55+ community, I was concerned that I would finally have to switch to shorts at the community pool. I went to the pool and swam and used the hot tub in my speedo to see if there was any problem with me wearing them. There was not, and one of the old ladies there nicknamed me "Mr. Hot bod" I guess they have low standards although I am in better shape than most of the men there. A couple months ago a guy came up to me and said he wanted to thank me. I asked for what and he said he has several Speedos that he uses for lap swimming at the gym, but his wife did not want him wearing them to the community pool since he would be the only one, but if other men there wore them she might reconsider. After seeing me there in my speedo he brought it up with her again and she said OK, lose 25lbs and I will be good with it. A week later, his wife thanked me since he blew the dust off their treadmill and was working out to get himself "Speedo worthy" So when they get back from up north this fall, I may not be the only one at the pool in a speedo.[/quote] What kind of swimsuits do most of the women wear? Too bad she won't let him wear a speedo when he is carrying some extra weight.

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